Chapter 231 Lamb Soup and Fire

Yan Bin: "Someone bullied me, and I felt uncomfortable."

Yan Ping: "Old Lu, don't you know Yan Bin's temper? He is very soft and easy to be manipulated."

She helped Yan Bin sit on the edge of the kang, and felt sorry for the bruises on Yan Bin's face. She complained: "Why was he beaten so badly? Are you a fool? Don't you know how to hide? If you hide at Uncle Lu's house or the team cadres' house, they will still dare to beat you?"

She tilted her head and glared at Lu Changfu who was standing in the main room.

At that time, the house was not big enough. Uncle Lu and Father Lu sat on the kang, Fang Dihua sat on the east edge of the kang, and Yan Ping asked Yan Bin to sit on the kang, and she stood at the door of the room.

Lu Shaocai, Zhao Meifeng and Lu Jinling all stood in front of the kang, leaning against the food jar at the back, while Lu Changfu hid in the main room and looked around, fearing that his grandfather would scold him for beating someone.

Fang Dihua and Lu Laodi naturally heard Yan Ping blaming them for not protecting Yan Bin, but they pretended not to know, after all, Yan Bin was also wrong in this matter.

Whenever two people quarreled because of a relationship between a man and a woman, it was basically the woman's brother who beat the man, especially when Yan Bin's family was not around.

Zhao Meifeng refused to admit it. She had already torn her face with Yan Ping, so she naturally retorted, "He bullied Jinling, Changfu is lucky to be beaten a few times, if he is caught by the commune..."

Uncle Lu snorted, Zhao Meifeng shrank and shut up.

Yan Bin tried his best to assure Uncle Lu that he was just making friends with people, he didn't do anything excessive, and he wouldn't be a hooligan.

"Uncle, what's more, she and I are a generation apart, I, I can't be so stupid." They

are a generation apart and relatives, no matter how stupid he is, he would not choose Lu Jinling as a target.

Lu Jinling: "Yan Bin, you bastard, you dare to do it but you don't dare to take responsibility!"

Yan Ping scolded: "No rules, this is your uncle!"

Lu Jinling cried, she knew that although grandpa was strict with his parents, he was more lenient with his grandchildren.

Uncle Lu frowned and raised his hand to suppress her, "If you continue to do this, solve it yourself, I don't care."

Lu Jinling immediately shut up and stopped crying.

After all, she didn't really like Yan Bin, she just liked the opportunity for him to return to the capital. He was her stepping stone.

Relying on him to return to the capital, even if she divorced later?

Anyway, she didn't want to stay in the countryside as a farmer all her life, marry a peasant, and she would be happy to move to the city in any way.

Uncle Lu saw that they had stopped crying, and his face was relieved. He said, "You came to me to make the decision because you want to solve the problem. Yan Bin wants to go home, and Jin Ling wants to move to the city, right?" It's

okay to make trouble for others by saying betrayal or having to be together,

but he doesn't believe it. As for Yan Bin, even if he didn't have an affair with Jin Ling, he was not innocent.

What good man would be friends with several lesbians at the same time?

If he didn't have such a tendency, how could Lu Jinling rely on him?

When he first came by train, he noticed that Yan Bin was talking and laughing with the female comrades on the train, and he didn't care much about it, although he felt it was not good at the time.

Later, Yan Bin stayed in Lujiazhuang to join the team, and he and Yan Ping took Changshou back.

He didn't have a particularly important job now, and both of his positions were honorary, and they were just getting paid for retirement.

He had free time without a job, and while supervising Changshou's study and training, he asked someone to ask about Yan Bin's previous experience in the countryside.

At the time, he didn't think much about it, just thinking that Yan Bin was bullied because he was honest, and wanted to find out the people who bullied Yan Bin and talk to their parents.

As a result, he couldn't find out at first, but after some thought, he found out that Yan Bin had an affair with a beautiful country girl and got her pregnant but didn't want to take responsibility, so he asked Yan Ping to spend money to eliminate the disaster and go home.

But despite this, he didn't think Yan Bin had the courage to do such a thing in Lu's village. After all, this is not the outside world. If he really got someone pregnant, the brigade cadres and his second brother would not cover it up.

It's even more impossible for Lu Jinling.

He looked serious and his voice was deep, quite stressful.

Lu Jinling nodded repeatedly.

Lu Shaocai wanted to say that the whole family wanted to move to the city, but he was glared at by Uncle Lu. That look made him doubt that if he dared to say that, his father would dare to ignore Jinling.

When his father asked him to go home, he had a private chat with him. His father said that he would never let him and Lu Changfu go back to the capital in this lifetime, and let them live an honest life in the countryside.

Lu Shaocai was a little unwilling.

But he had discussed it with his wife and children. Changshou had already gone to the capital, so he would let Jinling go there, and wait until they were firmly on their feet before bringing their parents and eldest brother over.

You can't get fat in one bite, you have to take it slowly.

Yan Bin also nodded. He wanted to go back to the city. He didn't want to stay here anymore.

Even if there was no job when he went back, he would go back.

He saw the serious look of Uncle Lu and felt that he would not arrange for him to join the army again.

If he went back to the city, he would only be able to... rely on his parents.

Then he didn't want to stay. Lujiazhuang was too bad. Lu Jinling plotted against him. The brigade cadres and his second uncle didn't help him.

Uncle Lu looked at Yan Ping again.

Yan Ping hesitated for a moment and wanted to ask Yan Bin if he should find another place for him to intern when he returned, so that he could join the army next year.

But she also knew that the current situation was not suitable for talking about this, so she decided to wait until she returned to talk to Lao Lu alone.

She nodded.

Uncle Lu said to Lu Jinling, "Do you want to arrange a job or get married?"

Lu Jinling subconsciously wanted to marry someone to support her. If it was an officer like her third uncle, who had a high salary and was handsome, she would certainly be willing to marry.

With her grandfather's connections, he could definitely find her such a target.

Yan Ping sneered, "With your frivolous and flirtatious appearance, which high-paid man would be interested in you? Unless you become someone's stepmother. "

Being a stepmother for a lady is different from being a stepmother for a second marriage like her.

Zhao Meifeng asked boldly, "Can't you arrange a job for her and then introduce her to a partner?"

How great it would be to have both a job and a partner.

Uncle Lu said coldly, "I only take care of one thing, and you can fight for the rest yourself."

I have arranged a job for you, so you should perform well and marry a good partner.

Or I will introduce you to a partner, and after marriage you can find a way to arrange a job for him in his workplace.

Uncle Lu cannot arrange everything.

Zhao Meifeng took Lu Jinling to the main hall to discuss.

"Jinling, you need to work. If you have a job, you won't have to worry about not having a good partner."

Lu Jinling hesitated: "Then, I can't find a high-paid partner myself, right?"

If I marry a high-paid partner, like my third uncle, it will definitely be better than working.

Didn't you see how comfortable Third Auntie is? She won't go to work even if someone invites her?

Lin Shu's life is her ideal life. Of course, it would be better to be so comfortable in the city.

But Zhao Meifeng insisted that she should work.

Lu Shaocai and Lu Changfu also think that working is good.

Jinling went to work first, and then she could introduce a temporary job to Changfu.

The family couldn't come up with a useful idea, so they went back to ask Fang Dihua and Lu Laodi, "Second uncle, second aunt, what do you think?"

Fang Dihua said, "We have been farming in the countryside all our lives. We have no experience and no culture. What do we think? What is this job for? What are the conditions for the partner? Don't you have to live on your own?"

She had already suggested to Lu Jinling to ask her grandfather what kind of job to arrange for her and what kind of partner to introduce her to.

Lu Jinling and Zhao Meifeng were still in a dilemma. If they didn't give them a choice and just arranged a job, that would be fine, but they had to choose between the two.

Uncle Lu was annoyed when he saw their greedy looks, but Fang Dihua asked for them, and he said, "If you want to work, you will definitely be an apprentice at the beginning. Whether you can be a regular employee, how long it will take to be a regular employee, and how much salary you can get are all up to you." He thought about

his comrades or subordinates who were transferred to various units to become leaders, "The textile factory, you can be an apprentice first, and then enter the workshop."

The textile factory is large, there are many female workers, and the technical content required is not very high. The key is that the treatment is much better than that of small factories.

Yan Ping was anxious. Why didn't she arrange such a good opportunity for Yan Bin? Yan Bin has education and can be promoted after two years of training. It is also suitable for him to go to the propaganda department.

"Old Lu..."

Uncle Lu glanced at her with a gloomy face. Yan Ping felt very uncomfortable when he didn't let her interrupt.

Zhao Meifeng was very satisfied, "Jinling, the textile factory is good."

Lu Jinling still asked about the conditions of the target.

Uncle Lu thought for a while, "Looking for a target depends on the intention of both parties. Single young people are generally just starting their careers. If they want to have a certain foundation in their careers, they have to be older, or their appearance is not good, or their wife has passed away and they have children."

Lu Jinling was a little nervous and swallowed, "Then, then are there any military officers?"

Yan Ping couldn't help but sneered, who do you think you are and you still want to find a military officer? Why would a promising military officer look for you?

Uncle Lu was thinking about whether Jinling was cheating him by introducing a young man with good conditions and good character.

Uncle Lu saw that there was something fishy about her and Yan Bin. She was willing to do such a stupid thing as ruining her reputation just to go to the city. This girl has gone astray.

He said, "There are some who are over 30, whose wives have passed away and have children."

Lu Jinling grumbled, "There are none who are not married."

At that time, Third Uncle... Lin Shu was really lucky.

Uncle Lu: "The unmarried ones are around 20 years old. New recruits have only been in the army for a few years and have no foundation. Their wives cannot follow the army."

He was inclined to let Lu Jinling choose a job. Young people still have to change their bad habits and fight for themselves.

Seeing that the conditions of the marriage partners were not very good, Lu Jinling chose a job.

Work first, and then think about the partner, step by step.

Seeing her choose a job, Uncle Lu was slightly relieved.

Yan Ping was very upset. How could she arrange a job for Lu Jinling casually?

Before, she asked Yan Bin to arrange it, and he said it was difficult to arrange it. How come it is easy to arrange it for Lu Jinling now?

Is she reluctant to do a favor for her nephew?

She couldn't help but say, "Let me interject, what if Jinling goes to the city to work and causes trouble again? We can't just follow her and clean up the mess, can we?" Why did they

send them back to their hometown in the first place?

Looking at Lu Jinling's character now, I'm afraid she has an even bigger problem. Letting her go to the city will cause trouble for the family?

What if she schemes against other men again and relies on them to sleep with her?

She can't afford to lose face!

Uncle Lu glared at Lu Jinling and the others and told them to shut up, but he thought in his heart: Isn't this for Yan Bin to deal with?

But after all, she is his wife, and he doesn't want to lose face in front of his second brother and the eldest brother's family.

He said: "Well, let's forget about it, and don't mention it again in the future."

Lu Jinling's family was happy, as they got a job for free.

Yan Bin looked like he had nothing to live for, embarrassed and beaten, and covered in dirt.

He looked at Yan Ping, wanting her to ask her uncle to arrange a job for him as well.

He didn't want to go to the countryside anymore.

Yan Ping motioned him to be patient and she would bring it up in the evening.

Father Lu: "Brother, you are very tired from taking the train, let's eat first."

Solving the problem would not make him lose interest in eating.

Uncle Lu nodded and said, "Please help my niece and her husband."

After dealing with the problem, Uncle Lu realized that he was too hungry.

They didn't eat properly on the train. They just ate a little. When they got off the train, they were very hungry. But the eldest brother and his wife kept arguing and didn't have the mood to eat until they finished dealing with the matter.

Lu Shaocai and his family wanted to stay here for dinner, and Lu's father acquiesced. However, Lu's uncle glared at them and said, "Okay, go back and eat if you have nothing else to do."

Zhao Meifeng sincerely invited her father-in-law to come over for dinner, "Dad, don't you want to eat there? Let's stew meat too."

This year, she and Changfu worked in a pig farm, and the brigade exempted their family from the pig duty, so they killed the pig at home for their own meat.

She also learned from Lin Shu's cooking skills to make a pot of salted meat. Although it was not as delicious as Lin Shu's, it was still meat, and it was fragrant!

Uncle Lu naturally wanted to spend more time with his second brother's family.

Old Man Lu also said, "You guys go back to eat, your dad and his family can eat here."

Yan Ping said, "Sister-in-law, thank you for your help. I don't know if the room is spacious, or we can stay here at night."

She never wanted to live under the same roof with Lu Shaocai's family again, it was too uncomfortable.

Fang Dihua: "Children's aunt and his family have gone home, so you can stay in their room."

Yan Ping agreed and picked up her bag to go and pack up.

Fang Dihua took a new quilt from the cupboard to cover them closely, and took an old quilt from her own kang to put on top to block the wind. It was very cold at night in June, and if one quilt was not warm enough, she would put another layer of bedding or coat on top.

Yan Bin has his own bed, which he bought with Zhao Meifeng before, and he is still using it for his bed now.

The three of them can just sleep on one kang.

Fang Dihua knew that the aunt and nephew wanted to have a private conversation, so she said, "Sister-in-law, then you guys clean up and come out for dinner later."

Yan Ping agreed, and when Fang Dihua went out, she pulled Yan Ping into the house, closed the door and asked carefully what was going on.

Yan Bin swore and swore that he and Qiu Jinling really had nothing to do with each other.

Yan Ping looked at him suspiciously, because he had a criminal record, so she had to be on guard.

But she still believed her nephew, after all, Yan Bin never lied to her, and he told her the truth about the previous incident, and now he swore and swore that it was not true, then it was really not true.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Lu Jinling is such an evil-minded person, she will be in trouble sooner or later."

Yan Bin: "Aunt, let my uncle find me a job."

Yan Ping: "Wait until tonight." After

they packed up, they went to the main hall to eat.

Today, Lin Shu brought Xiuxiu and Lu Cuicui to stew a pot of mutton soup, and also made a pot of braised mutton and lamb chops.

The sheep was bought by Lu's father from the production team below. The production team leader always came to him for injections, so he sold him a sheep at the market price.

After the sheep was killed, two legs and half of the meat were divided, and the Fang family, the Ding family, and the three daughters-in-law's families all got a share.

Lin Shu brought her family to make a basket of huoshao yesterday, and today was just the right time to soak the huoshao in mutton soup.

The milky white mutton soup was steaming, and the special aroma of mutton wafted out.

Lin Shu cut a lot of mutton offal into it, including a sliced ​​mutton head.

Put shredded ginger, chopped green onions, salt, pepper, and a handful of coriander at the bottom of the bowl, then pour a large spoonful of mutton soup on it, and then soak it in shaobing. The fragrance is so strong that people can't stop.

Tiantian and Panpan held the coarse porcelain bowl that was bigger than their faces and slurped the mutton soup.

The two children praised while drinking. Panpan: "It's delicious! Mom, the mutton soup you made is so delicious!"

Tiantian: "Mutton soup and shaobing are the best match for Le Yue!"

Lu Ping and Lu An also nodded frequently, "Delicious!"

Especially with the addition of pepper, it is really a delicious upgrade!

Panpan and Tiantian were thinking about Lu Shaotang again, "Hey, Dad always misses us to have a good meal."

"Mom, will my dad come back tomorrow?"

Lin Shu smiled and said, "That depends on whether they have finished their work."

She brought over the chili oil and chopped peppers she made, as well as aged vinegar.

Everyone chose to pour some aged vinegar, and Lu Ping and a few others also scooped up chili oil.

The chili oil made by Lin Shu was burnt and fragrant but not bitter, and it was especially good with rice.

There were too many people to sit at one table, so Fang Dihua put a table on the kang and let Dad Lu eat with his eldest brother on the kang, while the others ate at the dining table in the main hall.

Uncle Lu took a sip of the mutton soup with chili and vinegar, which was fresh, fragrant and spicy. He immediately felt that all the fatigue and anger in his body were swept away, and his mouth was fragrant and his stomach was warm.

He praised: "Xiao Lin's cooking skills are really good enough to be the chef of eight hotels. If she goes to the city in the future, she can definitely work in a hotel."

Father Lu was proud of her and said with a smile: "Not only is she a good cook, but she has learned to read by herself and is very educated. This year, we will use her articles for the promotion of eugenics and good parenting. The provincial party committee decided it."

Uncle Lu was surprised and said: "Really, she is very talented."

Yan Ping was a little unconvinced, "Was it arranged by Shao Tang?"

Uncle Lu: "Shao Tang is not from the Revolutionary Committee, what can he arrange?"

Yan Ping: "Then..." Just an article, how well written, was it that the Provincial Revolutionary Committee chose it as propaganda material?

She didn't believe it.

But because of her nephew's matter, she didn't want to say anything more.

It was dark after dinner.

The branch secretary and the team leader came to see Uncle Lu with gifts in hand. As soon as they met, they apologized with shame, "I'm so sorry, it's our fault and we didn't take good care of you."

Uncle Lu: "It has nothing to do with you. The matter has been resolved. Let's not talk about it."

He didn't think there was anything wrong with his second brother's family, but he didn't want to talk too much with outsiders.

It was embarrassing. If it was just Lu Jinling and Yan Bin making trouble at home, it would be nothing, but Lu Jinling also fought with Qiu Zhiqing on the street and snatched a man openly, which was very embarrassing.

If it wasn't for Father Lu's face, who knows what the villagers would say.

The branch secretary and the team leader just didn't want to say anything, so they rushed to apologize as soon as they entered the door, which made Yan Ping very upset.

She couldn't blame Old Man Lu, but she wanted to blame the brigade cadres here, how did you take care of the people?

But now that they were rushing to apologize, Old Man Lu had already let it go, and if she kept harping on it, it would seem unreasonable.

She could only endure it.

Several people talked about this year's crop harvest, work points, member life, etc., and they had a good time. Uncle Lu also laughed and talked, without any trace of his previous seriousness.

He was not the kind of person who would harp on a matter over and over again. As long as it was solved, it would be over. There was no need to be angry or think too much.

In the evening, Fang Dihua asked Lu Cuicui to boil a large pot of water, and everyone soaked their feet, washed up, and went to bed.

Old Man Lu and Fang Dihua breathed a sigh of relief, because Yan Bin was finally leaving.

Fang Dihua whispered, "I didn't want him to stay at that time."

Old Man Lu also whispered: "Since my sister-in-law said so and my brother agreed, how could I refuse? Well, if he had been more honest, it would have been fine for him to stay here for a year or two. Who knew it would turn out like this?"

Fang Dihua: "It's good that Jinling left and it's quiet."

That girl is not an honest person either.

Brother Lu was still mumbling to his sister-in-law, "If our uncle hadn't come back, none of this would have happened."

Sister-in-law Lu: "Why blame uncle? Why didn't he go home to visit? I think it was my aunt who brought Yan Xin and Yan Bin here for no reason." Brother Lu:

"If he doesn't want to take care of my cousin's family, he'd better not come back. If he comes back, they will have ideas and won't work hard."

Originally, Zhao Meifeng and Lu Changfu had stopped working, but now, although they are still working, they are thinking about going back to the city.

Uncle is giving them hope.

Mrs. Lu: "I don't know what's good about going to the city. I see that our family is not bad either, and we don't have to worry about food and drink." Brother

Lu has seen a lot and sighed: "It's definitely better in the city. For example, they have monthly expenses and monthly rations, and they don't have to work in the fields in the wind, sun and rain. They work cleanly every day, unlike us who get covered in dust after half a day."

Of course, there are more invisible benefits. City people don't have to pay public grain, and even if there is a famine, the government will first guarantee the supply in the city and won't starve them.

Country people grow wheat, but how many country people can eat steamed buns?

Mrs. Lu didn't want to think about these things, so he just let it go.

Yan Ping in the west room was also whispering to Uncle Lu, "Old Lu, you know that Jin Ling lied, right? You are still so used to her, aren't you afraid that they will get even worse?"

Uncle Lu: "If she is capable, you should give her a chance."

After all, she didn't do anything wrong. She was dragged to the countryside by her father and brother.

Yan Ping: "She is capable for having such a crooked mind?"

Such a despicable trick!

Uncle Lu said nothing.

Seeing that he didn't respond to her, Yan Ping continued to be dissatisfied: "She can get the job by blaming Yan Bin, then Yan Bin should be arranged a job after suffering such a great injustice?"

Uncle Lu closed his eyes and said lightly: "Is Yan Bin wronged?"

If he knew that Yan Bin and the young woman were pregnant before marriage, he would have to let them get married, and it would be impossible to spend money to settle it.

What is the difference between spending money to settle it and using power to oppress people?

This is a mistake, a stain!

Yan Ping: "How can it not be wronged, Lu Jinling and his family are plotting against him..." As she spoke, she saw the sarcastic expression on Uncle Lu's face and immediately came to her senses. Did he... know?

Uncle Lu turned over and said, "Go to sleep."

Yan Bin, who was pretending to sleep at the end of the kang, did not feel aggrieved at all. Instead, he was trembling.

Would his uncle take him back and force him to marry that woman?

He had forgotten what that woman looked like.

Yan Ping knew that Lao Lu would no longer care about Yan Bin. He would neither help him join the army nor arrange a job for him.

She immediately felt resentful. When your own children and grandchildren caused trouble and embarrassed themselves, you gave them opportunities again and again. My nephew made such a mistake, and you completely denied it and gave up on him directly?

Is it really as others say that couples who got married later in life have no sincerity?

Then what did she gain by being so open-hearted to Lao Lu for so many years?

Then she thought of her three children and comforted herself that at least Lao Lu was good to them and was not insincere.

She felt so wronged that she couldn't fall asleep for a while, but Lin Shu was not affected at all. She told the two children a bedtime story, listened to them talk about Hou Wei, Hou Bo and others on the farm, and then listened to them talk about Lu Shaotang, and then fell asleep soundly.

It was particularly cold tonight. It snowed heavily in the middle of the night. The snow was still falling early the next morning. The children ran out to make snowmen without fear of the cold, while the adults took brooms and shovels to shovel snow and clear the road.

The secretary and the team leader organized the members to clean up the main road in the village and the village road leading to the southern highway to prevent the snow from being too thick and turning into ice. Not only would it be easy to fall when walking, but the road surface would also be softened and become muddy when the weather warmed up and thawed.

At noon, everyone was sweeping the snow when Lu Shaotang drove a jeep down the road.

With him came Chen Yanming, who had not been seen for a long time.

The members greeted them one after another, and looked at the sacks tied on the top of the jeep to guess whether they were frozen meat or frozen fish.

Panpan, who was playing with his friends on the side of the road, heard his ears move and pulled Tiantian out to run: "Dad is back!"